Coin receiving and delivering device



UNITED STATES" P5Al'lllfNTv oFFicEg.

I VIvIANnfEEAcH, or SAN FRANCISCO,cALIEomfIA.v-k

f coin RECEIVING Nn DELIVERINGv DEVICE.

To aZZlwLom t may concern." ,i

Be it known `that I, VIv'IAN A'.LEACH,` a" citizen of'. the UnitedStates, vresiding in the vcity and county of San'Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have 'invented' a certain new and useful Improvementin aCoin Receiving and `vDelivering Device, of which the following is aspecification'. i

M'y invention relatesto improvements in coin receiving and deliveringdevices'where-y in a gravity operated device operates in conjunction4witha delivering chute to retain coins within said chute until actuatedby the hand of an operator. l

The primary object ofthe present invention is to provide improved meansfor delivering coins or change.y

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means forexposing the amount of change or coins delivered to the recipient ofsaid coins in order that he may determine the amount thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved andsimplified construction having a maximum efliciency whereby the deliveryofchange or coins may be facilitated. n

I accomplish these several features by means of the preferred form ofthe invention disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the presentlspecification wherein like characters'of reference are used to designatesimilar parts throughout the said specification and drawings, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a broken plan view of my improved device as applied to theedge of a shelf or the like; f o

Fig. 2 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, of Fig. 1; and

,Fig Sis a vertical sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 in thedirection indicated. Y

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 is used to designate Vaninclined chute having` upwardly extending sides 2 and an open top. Theupper end of the chute 1 is pro vided with an extension 3. by means ofwhich said upper end may be attached to the front edge of a shelf 4 orthe like with the bottom of said chute 1 lying flush with said shelf 4.f

To provide sufficient rigidity to the chute 1 a strut or brace 6 isprovided which eX- tends from the lower end of the chute 1 to the underside ofthe shelf 4 as disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

-Specification of Letters'Patent. Patent-ed SeptvZ'', 19211,.Appiicajion flied octotr zaieia serial No. 332,846. Y

The bottom of the chute 1 is offset along a median line asat 7, saidoffset diminish'k ing toward the upper endof the chute 1. Thisnovelfeature is provided to prevent the bindingy of two adjacent coinssliding downsaid chute in lateralrelation. In such a case'one coin willbe lifted or raised above and overlap they other.

`At the lower endof the chute 1 is mount-y ed a housing 8 having an opentop and botvtom and an orifice 9 arranged to permit the i passage-of'coins from thelowerend of the Y i .chute 1 into said housing. Thehousing 8 is likewise provided with a plurality of in- 'Wardly turnedlugs 11 arranged to slidably engage slots 12 within a gravity operatedhousing 14 slidably mounted within the first mentioned housing 8 andlikewise provided with an orifice 16 adapted to register with theorifice 9 of the housing 8when said housing 14 is raised, against theaction `of gravity, by the hand of an operator or the recipient of thecoins to be delivered, and thereby permit the passagev of coins from thechute 1, through the orifice 9 of the housing 8 and into the secondgravity operated housing 14 and thus into the hand of the operator orrecipient.

The open tops of the chute l and housing 8 are covered with atransparent element 17 to expose the number and denomination of thecoins, or the amount of the change, to the recipient, before operationof the delivering mechanism.

In operation the change or coin to be delivered is placed'in the upperend of the chute 1 and precipitated by gravity to the lower end thereof,any laterally adja- Vcent coins being elevated one above the otherraising the same until the orifice 16 therein;

registers with the orifice 9 in the housing 8 and atV the lower end ofthe chute 1. This registration of the orifices 9 and 16 will per- Y mi-tthe passage of the coins from the chute 1 and into the hand of theoperator.

c, Upon removal of the hand of the operator the gravity actuated housing14 will be returned to normal position to close the oritice 9 andthereby prevent the passage of the next collection of coins until thedevice is operated by the next or successive recipient.

Having thus' described my invention what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. As an article of manufacture, a coin receiving and delivering devicecomprising an inclined chute adapted for engagement to the edge of ashelf or the like for receiving coins; a housing mounted upon the lowerend of the chute having'an orifice connecting the interior of thehousing with the chute; an inner housing slidably mounted within thefirst mentioned housing, and having an orifice adapted to register Vwiththe firstinentioned orifice when said inner housing is raised, saidinner housing being open at both ends thereof and provided with aplurality of longitudinall thereof; inwardlI disposed slots in thesidesV y turned lugs formed upon v the bottom of the outer housing, andadapted to engage the slots in the inner housing for limiting thedownward movement of said inner housing, whereby the housing orificesare normally retained in a non-registered relation.

2As an article of manufacture a coin receiving and delivering devicecomprising an inclined chute adapted at the upper end thereoffor'engageinent with 'a shelf or the like,` said chute being Voffsetlongitudinally along a median line whereby coins oneither yside of saidline may be held in different planes to prevent binding of said coinsWithin the chute ay housing mounted upon the lower end of the chute andhaving anV orifice for the passage of coins fromsaid chutev to saidhousing; f u l In witnesswhereof I hereunto set my sig nature. y

- vivIAN A. LEAcH.y

